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Collect raw data wherever possible. For example age, instead of precoding age into categories like 18-24, 25-36, 36+, etc., record the actual age. Categories can be made with east at the time of analysis using statistical software.

A codebook contains variable names, meaning, skip patterns if any and precoded values as well as codes for no response, missing values.